Also out celebrating the life of Countess Ruth was Queen Sonja, complete with dashing escort:

There’s something a little too Bob Fosse about this outfit for me — I think it’s the combo of the black pantsuit and the bowler-esque hat.

But man, funeral or not, Haakon looks like he could be James Bond here, doesn’t he?  He isn’t our August hunk o’the month for nothing.  That man is going to be one dashing king…

(Thanks to lovely readers Kiri Anne and Eliza for sending in info about this event!)

PHOTO CREDITS: BILLED-BLADET

HRH The Crown Princess of Sweden and Mr. Daniel Westling
June 19, 2010

Well, kids, yesterday we partied hardy in the wedding live posts, and today we get to have a tiara fiesta!  I’ve compiled all of the tiara entries for the royal guests at Crown Princess Victoria’s wedding to Daniel Westling (now Prince Daniel) in this entry.

The wedding, of course, took place in Stockholm yesterday.  The couple has been together since 2002, when Daniel became Victoria’s personal trainer.  Love blossomed, and on their wedding day, Daniel became royal.  During their balcony appearance, Victoria thanked the people of Sweden for giving her a prince.

And now, we’ll all just have to wait to see how long it takes before the pitter-patter of little royal feet are heard in Haga Palace!

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Emeralds and orange.  Oh, Sonja.  I really can’t keep this one a secret, no matter how hard you try to convince me.  Everyone can see you already!  And now we all know where Märtha Louise gets her matchy-matchy sense.

Your tiara hair, however, is spectacular!

A heart in your hair for the royal wedding — that’s wonderful!

Want to see more of the less-than-wonderful orange and green ensemble?  Click below…

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Queen Sonja’s arrived at Stockholm — hooray!  I’m so glad she apparently had time to appear in a rap video en route. :)

Seriously, Sonja had quite the time of it on her way to Sweden: her plane was struck by lightning!  Glad you’re okay, Your Majesty!  Surely the Norwegian royal yacht — that’s where the whole family is staying while they’re in Stockholm — will be a bit more comfortable!

(That’s so cool, isn’t it?  The Norwegians brought their yacht to dock in Stockholm and use as a floating hotel, and so did the Danes — and the Greeks get to bunk with the Danish royals on their royal yacht!  Now I wish I had a royal yacht, too…)

Thanks to lovely reader Karen for sending in the photo!

HRH The Prince of Asturias and Miss Letizia Ortiz Rocasolano
May 22, 2004

Only a week after Crown Prince Frederik married Mary Donaldson in Denmark, Prince Felipe of Spain tied the knot with journalist Letizia Ortiz in Madrid.  Theirs was the first wedding of a member of the Spanish royal family to take place in Madrid since the wedding of King Alfonso XIII and Princess Ena of Battenberg in 1906.  That wedding was marred by an assassination attempt on the royal couple and the tragic deaths of several bystanders — this one, thankfully, went more smoothly, although it was a cloudy, rainy day in the Spanish capital.

There were a few controversies, however, about Felipe’s choice of bride.  Letizia, a journalist who covered the September 11th attacks in New York and the Iraq War, will be the first commoner to be queen of Spain.  She also had previously been briefly married and divorced.  However, because her first wedding was a civil rather than religious one, the Catholic Church did not recognize it, and she was free to marry Felipe.

Felipe and Letizia have become quite a working team since their wedding, frequently appearing together on royal engagements.  They have also had two daughters, Infanta Leonor (born in 2005) and Infanta Sofia (born in 2007).  Leonor is expected to become queen of Spain in her own right one day — that is, if her parents don’t provide her with a baby brother!

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HRH The Crown Prince of Denmark and Miss Mary Donaldson
May 14, 2004

Our last major tiara wedding before Crown Princess Vic’s big day was the wedding of Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Tasmanian-born Mary Elizabeth Donaldson.  The two met during the Sydney Olympics in 2000, fell in love, and got hitched four years later.

Frederik and his Aussie bride have two children: Prince Christian (who will one day be king) and Princess Isabella, the first Danish princess born in a generation.  Mary has transformed from an everyday girl to a glamorous crown princess, and this wedding was definitely high on the glamour factor as well: we’ve got more than thirty tiaras on parade here, many of which are brand-new to the blog.  A good trial run for Victoria’s wedding, no doubt!  Enjoy!

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It’s good to know that, should anything go awry, police constable Sonja can take care of business!

Oh, Sonja.  Not everything has to match perfectly — the fabric wrapped around the hat is overkill!  How chic would this look with just the white sun hat and the dotted suit?  As is, though, it’s got a real ’80s/’90s vibe.

The cloche hat is generally a good shape on Sonja, but this one seems a little tall.  She’s veering quite close to soft-serve ice cream cone here!

Had to save this tiara for last, because wow, it still takes my breath away!  This is Queen Josephine’s Diamond Tiara, which is lousy with both historical provenance and diamonds.  It’s so shiny, I almost feel the need to avert my eyes to avoid retinal damage!